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A worshipper carries flowers to be left in the water as offerings on Guanabara Bay during a Candomble ceremony honoring goddesses Iemanja and Oxum on December 13, 2015 in Sao Goncalo, Brazil. Candomble is an Afro-Brazilian religion whose practitioners sometimes fall into trances during ceremonies believing they have become possessed by gods, or orixas. The roots of the Candomble religion came to Brazil via African slaves and eventually incorporated some elements of Catholicism. Afro-Brazilian religions generally refer to Iemanja as goddess of the sea and Oxum as goddess of rivers, lakes and waterfalls, or fresh water. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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